A gran went viral on TikTok after she shared a 12-second video of her dancing the popular Cha-Cha Slide with her husband.
Erika Rischko, 81, from Langenfeld, Germany uploaded the video for a laugh but it proved a hit on the social sharing app, which is hugely popular among teenagers and is best known for dance and lip-syncing routines.
The viral video has amassed over 2 million views and Erika says she is glad the video making a fool of herself is cheering people up during the lockdown.
“Move and do something! Don’t just sit in a corner and mope. That’s just the worst,” she told Reuters.
Erika who has been dubbed the ‘fitness gran’ is making the best use of her new found TikTok fame by sharing other videos of her fitness and dance routine.
She has now uploaded more than 100 videos of herself doing exercises like planks and pull-ups, as well as dancing, to encourage others to remain active during lockdown.
The videos are shot by her daughter and in some of them she trains by herself and takes on fitness challenges set by her young followers.
In others, she and her husband, whom she met in a dancing event years ago, do synchronized dance routines.
Erika has 125,000 followers and adoring fans who cheered her on and kept her motivated.
She said: “I am super happy about it. I have never been as confident about myself as I am at the moment.
"This whole thing really gave me a push, all of it: TikTok and Instagram. When these young people write to us and tell us they think we are great, asking 'How do you do it?,' it's really motivating. It's just great!"
